Camelback trusses
A rare design.
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A steel bridge at the mouth of Suzhou Creek, close to where it meets the Huangpu River beside the north end of the Bund, linking Huangpu and Hongkou districts. Known in English as the Garden Bridge, it opened on 20 January 1908 and is the fourth Western-designed bridge built on the spot since 1856. It is the first all-steel bridge in China and the only surviving example there of a camelback truss bridge, and it has become one of Shanghai's few constants in an ever-changing city; the city listed it as heritage architecture in 1994. Crossing is free at any hour, and the best view is from the Bund promenade or the next bridge up the creek, especially when it is lit in the evening with the Pudong towers behind.
A rare design.
With Pudong.
Where rivers meet.
Mouth of Suzhou Creek at the north end of the Bund, Shanghai
Rockbund (Waitanyuan)A historic quarter at the north end of Shanghai's Bund, where Suzhou Creek meets1 minute walk
Broadway MansionsA nineteen-storey Art Deco building near the meeting of Suzhou Creek and the Hua2 minutes walk
Peace HotelA historic hotel on the Bund where it meets Nanjing Road, in two buildings. The 5 minutes walk
Suzhou CreekA river crossing central Shanghai, also called the Wusong River and named after 5 minutes walk
Shanghai Postal MuseumA museum inside the General Post Office Building on the north bank of Suzhou Cre6 minutes walkFrom the Bund promenade south of the bridge or from the next bridge up Suzhou Creek, in the evening when it is lit with the Pudong towers behind.